Brochures

EU regions and cities leading the way against climate change

This year, the CoR will be joining, as observer, the EU delegation to the UNFCCC's COP20. This brochure outlines the position of the CoR as the voice of European local and regional governments in the EU and shares a number of EU best practices including two lighthouse initiatives of the EU. There are also forewords from CoR President, Michel Lebrun, EU Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete, Member of the European Parliament, Giovanni La Vie, and Climate Alliance President Joachim Lorenz.

This brochure is the result of fruitful cooperation between the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the Committee of the Regions over recent years towards the practical implementation of fundamental rights at all levels of governance. It aims to provide local and regional officials with a framework for understanding more about fundamental rights and applying them when making decisions and completing their regular tasks and activities.